The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
2:35 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.97° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.13° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.